diff --git a/web3.js/bin/localnet.sh b/web3.js/bin/localnet.sh
index e4d69beba0..d87cfbb437 100755
--- a/web3.js/bin/localnet.sh
+++ b/web3.js/bin/localnet.sh
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ update)
   if [[ -n $1 ]]; then
     channel="$1"
   fi
-  [[ $channel = edge || $channel = beta ]] || usage "Invalid channel: $channel"
-
   (
     set -x
     docker pull solanalabs/solana:"$channel"
@@ -75,14 +73,9 @@ up)
       [[ -n $2 ]] || usage "Invalid $1 argument"
       network="$2"
       shift 2
-    elif [[ $1 = edge ]]; then
-      channel=edge
-      shift 1
-    elif [[ $1 = beta ]]; then
-      channel=beta
-      shift 1
     else
-      usage "Unknown argument: $1"
+      channel=$1
+      shift 1
     fi
   done
 
diff --git a/web3.js/package.json b/web3.js/package.json
index de4f4c3091..51a5acd185 100644
--- a/web3.js/package.json
+++ b/web3.js/package.json
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
     "lint:watch": "watch 'npm run lint:fix' . --wait=1 --ignoreDirectoryPattern=/doc/",
     "localnet:down": "bin/localnet.sh down",
     "localnet:logs": "bin/localnet.sh logs -f",
-    "localnet:up": "bin/localnet.sh up $npm_package_testnetDefaultChannel",
-    "localnet:update": "bin/localnet.sh update $npm_package_testnetDefaultChannel",
+    "localnet:up": "bin/localnet.sh up",
+    "localnet:update": "bin/localnet.sh update",
     "ok": "run-s lint flow test doc",
     "prepare": "run-s clean bpf-sdk:install bpf-sdk:remove-symlinks build",
     "pretty": "prettier --write '{,{examples,src,test}/**/}*.js'",